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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Anthony Gaines celebrates following a dunk. The sophomore guard scored 10 points off the bench against McKendree on Friday.

Men’s Basketball: Gaines’ football background, unique skill set make him Northwestern’s 2019 wild card

November 4, 2018

On a 2018-19 Northwestern team predominantly flush with one specific type of player — lanky, pass-first, perimeter wings, straddling the dividing line between guard and forward — sophomore Anthony...

 Dererk Pardon dunks the basketball. The senior center said he worked on expanding his range in the offseason.

Men’s Basketball Notebook: NU to use new offense system

October 31, 2018

Men's Basketball Over the last few seasons, the Northwestern offense was centered around guard Bryant McIntosh running the pick-and-roll. But, with McIntosh now playing in Belgium, the Wildcats...

Chris Collins draws up a play. The sixth year coach was heavily influenced by Tex Winter when he was around the Bulls in the 80s.

Men’s Basketball: Chris Collins remembers Tex Winter, contemplates his own identity as a coach

October 30, 2018

Chris Collins has sat in thousands of coaches meetings in his career, but after thirty years, he can still vividly remember that assistant who seemingly knew everything about the game. Time after time,...

The Northwestern football team practices in the new Ryan Fieldhouse this past April. The Wildcats have started the season with a 2-3 record.

Pope: Wait a few years before judging money spent on Ryan Fieldhouse construction, Welsh-Ryan renovation

October 9, 2018

Football If you believe Northwestern was inherently and automatically misguided when deciding to spent $380 million on new athletic facilities — $270 million to build the Ryan Fieldhouse and Walter...

Johnnie Vassar makes a pass while playing for Northwestern basketball in 2014-15. Vassar announced his graduate transfer to Tennessee Tech earlier this summer.

Johnnie Vassar’s lawsuit dropped in federal court, re-filed against Northwestern in state court

August 27, 2018

Former Northwestern men’s basketball player Johnnie Vassar dropped from federal court his antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and Northwestern, and re-filed in Cook County circuit court a similar version...

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